The Effect of Applying the Cybernetic Management Model on Development of Self-Management Behaviors and Its Role in Developing Psychological Empowerment of Staff and Presenting a Model

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of applying cybernetic management model on the development of self-management behaviors and its role in developing psychological empowerment in staff of Sport and Youth departments of Isfahan province. 206 staff members of the mentioned departments were selected by stratified random sampling method to participate in this study. Three standard questionnaires were employed: CM (Birnbaum, 1988), Self-Management Behaviors (Manz, 2009) and Psychological Empowerment (Spreitzer, 1995). The SPSS and AMOS Graphics were employed to analyze the data. The results indicated a significant difference between current and desire conditions in employing the CM model (M=2.58), in staff’s self-management behaviors (M=2.67) and their psychological empowerment (M=2.73) in Sport and Youth departments of Isfahan province (P≤0.05). Furthermore, the model had a good fit which indicated that applying CM model directly affected the development of staff’s self-management behaviors (0.37) and their psychological empowerment (0.33). Furthermore, it affected the development of staff’s psychological empowerment indirectly and through affecting the development of self-management behaviors in Sport and Youth departments of Isfahan province (0.20).